The dogs had fun. We went up to the roof. People at the restaurant had a snowball fight. Our cell phones went out for several hours due to SNOW!
Now it’s truly the holiday season, when snow falls in tropical climates and politicians get indicted. Happy holidays to you! Dee
Posted in Editorial
I was on a rant because my cell phone is down and all of a sudden there are these big white flakes at the window. I’m going to take a photo for you….
I tried but they all came out badly. These big fat flakes are floating by my windows. None will settle on the ground, it’s just a magical fairy tale that happens every few years in Texas.
As I grew up in snow country I always loved the first pristine snows of the season and hated the rest as Lake Erie laid its waste upon us and we had to shovel it. Before school. After school.
But now, as these light flakes drift across the sky it reminds me of childhood and Christmas. As dog Zoe wipes her face post-dinner on our living room rug (no Aubussons here) I contemplate taking her out in the snow, perhaps with the camera.
Perhaps I’ll watch the snowflakes along the cityscape for a few moments, dimming the lights and knowing that AT&T should be doing something to get their cell phone towers back up to speed. One has to call them to complain and if one cannot call, one cannot complain. Quiet, dark, snowflakes, needy dog. Good stuff. Dee
Posted in Editorial, Education, Friend Alert
Just when I think my thoughts have grown stale, my stories old and worn (like the Velveteen Rabbit) the media drops a plum in my lap that makes me consider my past, present and future.
As Chicagoland belches yet another politician into the prison system one must care for Illinois voters but also question their judgment.
From reading the indictment, Governor Rod Blagojecvich tried to sell President-elect Obama’s Senate seat to the highest bidder to his personal campaign fund, fire the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune in order to secure the sale of Wrigley Field, and hit up the head of Children’s Hospital for $50K otherwise they’d lose their $8 million state grant.
Sounds like a nice guy to me. I hope the Feds have him on something good and not just wiretaps. This governor is so out of the realm of reality that he sees sunshine all around him and even pulled a “Gary Hart” and asked prosecutors and reporters to follow him and tape him, knowing he was doing nothing wrong, while he was selling his office, Barack Obama’s Senate office, the State of Illinois and each one of its residents and taxpayers so he could collect 2.5 million by New Year’s Eve.
OK, he’s innocent. At least until proven guilty. But what we’ve heard as facts are irrefutable to me right now and even if he is proved not guilty, he needs to resign right now for the good of the people of the state of Illinois. Not for the party, or for Obama or even Oprah. Hopefully not for Senate Candidate #5.
Think of what we’re telling our children. Go into politics so you get a low salary and then become a lobbyist and you’re a lawyer so that’s OK. It is OK given parameters that are in place. I don’t agree with some of the laws that prohibit certain staff from lobbying after their tenure – their name wasn’t on the letterhead and they made not even rent money to work that job.
But to be that nakedly aggressive in trying to amass personal moneys with no consideration of the people of Illinois, the voters, is heinous. Go into politics and make money for yourself and get your wife a good seat on a corporate board. Make it all public. Use the governorship as if it’s a big fire sale and everything’s up for public bid.
One might say that the only thing he’s guilty of is delusions of grandeur, enticing the Feds and press to look at his gross violations of public policy. Perhaps he relishes ten or more years in Federal prison? Depends on where he’s housed, he may want to take up tennis again.
A political rant from your cooking blogger Dee.
Posted in Editorial, Uncategorized
I’ve been running around like a maniac! Didn’t like the bowl I picked for trifle yesterday (still don’t know which recipe I’m choosing) so got a nice one at a good price but now can’t get the sticky label off it, even after soaking, scrubbing and acetone. Now it looks even worse.
But I buy us each an ornament every Christmas, as my mother did when we were young. Last year it was a Scottish Laddie and Lass given our time there. This year Jim’s a lasso-ing snowman with Texas stars on his vest. I’m a reindeer cook, bearing cookies.
And at Sur La Table, they were 45% off. Nearly normal price! Cheers, Dee
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I’m hoping this one, tomorrow evening, trumps the rest. I’ve only been to one holiday party with Jim, on a Friday, and he was laid off the following Monday. So much for getting our photo in the mail!
For the past four years a major bank has gotten a hotel ballroom and only invited employees, no spouses. There was food and beverages but since they were stacked up like sardines no-one got near anything. Isn’t it great to spend time with your co-workers when none of you can breathe? Jim stayed 15 minutes every year, then came home to normality.
Now we have a recruiter who placed him at his current place of employment, that is celebrating its tenth year. Luckily it’s less than a mile from here. Jim’s only been there four months and he doesn’t know many people and I know virtually no-one.
I try to make the best of these situations. It’s always good to meet Jim’s co-workers and recruiters. But we usually walk into a room and he gets involved in an intense work discussion with a colleague and I’m on my own.
By Jim’s own admission, he’s a high-functioning nerd, socially, and I agree. He just gets into such intense conversation at dinners/parties (especially ours) that he forgets his guests, or at others’ forgets me.
The few people I’ve met at the company are very nice and we got along well when he signed on. So I’ll let you know how it goes. I know, no politics or religion. I can talk about my blog…. Dee
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